Ottawa Train Station

This article is about the railway station in Ottawa. For the transitway station, see Train Station (OC Transpo).
Ottawa
Location 200 Tremblay Road
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 45°24′59″N 75°39′06″W / 45.41639°N 75.65167°W / 45.41639; -75.65167Coordinates: 45°24′59″N 75°39′06″W / 45.41639°N 75.65167°W / 45.41639; -75.65167
Owned by Via Rail
Platforms 5 island platforms
Tracks 6
Connections Train station (OC Transpo)
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Architect John B. Parkin & Associates
Other information
Station code VIA Rail: OTTW
IATA: XDS
History
Opened 1966
Services
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station
(limited)
Terminus
Ottawa–Montreal
(limited)
toward Montreal
toward Toronto
Toronto–OttawaTerminus

Ottawa Station (IATA: XDS) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located at 200 Tremblay Road, is served by Via Rail inter-city trains connecting it to Toronto and Montreal. OC Transpo’s Train rapid transit station (which, despite its name, is a bus stop) carries railway passengers into the city centre or into the eastern suburbs.

The station was designed by John B. Parkin & Associates and was built in 1966. It won a Massey Medal for architecture in 1967. In 2000, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada named the station as one of the top 500 buildings produced in Canada during the last millennium.[1]

Ottawa’s trains once came into a large downtown Union Station a short distance from the Parliament buildings, but with the replacement of the railway tracks beside the Rideau Canal with the National Capital Commission’s Colonel By Drive scenic parkway, the former station has been converted into the Government Conference Centre.

Other Connections

Air France–KLM runs a connecting shuttle bus from this station to Montreal Airport, exclusive for the airline's customers only.[2] As of 2016 Air-France KLM has three daily bus services between those cities.[3]

Swiss International Air Lines previously operated its Swissbus service from Ottawa Railway Station to Dorval Airport for Swiss customers.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Cook, Marcia (11 May 2000). "Cultural consequence". Ottawa Citizen. Canwest. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
  2. ↑ "Bus between Ottawa Railway Station (XDS) and Montreal (YUL)". Travel by train on a KLM ticket. KLM. Retrieved December 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "A new bus service to Quebec City." Air France. August 16, 2016. Retrieved on October 29, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Swissbus Bus transportation between Ottawa and Montreal-Trudeau airport" (Archive). Swiss International Air Lines. June 20, 2012. Retrieved on October 29, 2016.
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